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I was walking around in a Target store, when I saw a Cashier hand this little boy some money back.
5 e9 a( T3 l" k; p; w我在「塔杰」商店閒逛時，看到收銀員將一些錢退還給小男孩。
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The boy couldn ' t have been more than 5 or 6 years old.; a- \% s$ |- u' R0 U& E- K
% a0 F3 T- K6 X! ^0 T這男孩不過5、6歲。
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( \( u6 o0 c, K/ |* F7 H% ZThe Cashier said, ' I ' m sorry, but you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll. '! }- \) n$ Z) q# L: [( t9 s; z5 O
收銀員說：『抱歉！你買這娃娃的錢不夠。』5 T$ W, g. c9 g; ~1 Z- Y# F
% v% E* C7 s, W0 k8 w: Y% U) c2 fThen the little boy turned to the old woman next to him: ' ' Granny,/ c8 j3 i" ^0 T* t0 S0 q
are you sure I don ' t have enough money? ' '
' I* B W! f+ B) v小男孩轉向他旁邊的老婦人：
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) U! @1 I0 r* o7 k- W# K. ^" I4 _「奶奶！妳也認為我的錢不 嗎？」
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" |- ]- T* O, wThe old lady replied: ' ' You know that you don ' t have enough money to buy this doll, my dear. ' ') Y G7 V' r9 c% h
老婦人回道：「親愛的！你知道買這個娃娃的錢是不夠的。」2 M, [: t: m' u) G: |
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Then she asked him to stay there for just 5 minutes while she went to look around. She left quickly.; n" `% I/ l9 z `8 A! p
她要小男孩呆在那裡5分鐘，她一下就回來。 她迅速離開了。& C- D" K7 T Y
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" c9 D( C4 X! r# v5 E$ gThe little boy was still holding the doll in his hand.+ ^* {3 d/ s; C7 I& u& z# ^
小男孩的手仍然握著娃娃。1 B' u, [$ ~$ I2 O
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& x% g# Y% a* }. PFinally, I walked toward him and I asked him who he wished to give this doll to.; l/ G0 m! h: V
最後我向他走去，問他這個娃娃你想給誰。
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'It ' s the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for Christmas.& R/ V# ^; [* g- c) J( Q3 \! x1 t
『這是我妹妹的最愛，非常想要的聖誕節娃娃。9 Q g9 G% ]- Y% c% B
/ J! ?; v: Q6 i+ z1 N! q: bShe was sure that Santa Claus would bring it to her. '
! z2 n1 i `: G- }2 B3 d她一直認為聖誕老人會帶娃娃來給她的。」 `- C. V) U2 H' E7 K# l8 V
I replied to him that maybe Santa Claus would bring it to her after all, and not to worry.- F8 {. \' X0 q0 K& m
我告訴他不用擔心，聖誕老人最後可能會帶給她的。) ~( t6 p u9 W1 c% p# Z
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But he replied to me sadly. ' No, Santa Claus can ' t bring it to her where she is now. I have to give the doll to my mommy so that she can give it to my sister when she goes there. '
0 h6 w- C- C' t, Z( v但他哀傷地回答我『不！聖誕老人不可能將它帶到她現在的地方給她。我必須將娃娃交給我媽，當她去那裡的時候可以給我妹妹。』9 @) i) E6 J& [$ x, o- X s G
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His eyes were so sad while saying this. ' My Sister has gone to be with God. Daddy says that Mommy is going to see God very soon too, so I thought that she could take the doll with her to give it to my sister. ' '
' W+ O2 X( j5 K$ Y% F他說話時的眼睛是哀傷的。『我妹妹已經和上帝在一起。爸爸說 媽媽很快也將要去見上帝，因此我認為她可以將娃娃帶給我妹妹。』) i3 U( b9 X j
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My heart nearly stopped.0 W" M" B# V4 }- E! A
我的心臟幾乎要停止了。( w _# L5 h5 n* K! A7 n1 U0 {4 n! |
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The little boy looked up at me and said: ' I told daddy to tell mommy not to go yet. I need her to wait until I come back from the mall. '' [ N8 G# K7 B/ p" T; W
小男孩看我說：『我叫爸爸告訴媽媽現在不要走，讓她等我從購物中心回來。』1 c/ c: |1 K1 u
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Then he showed me a very nice photo of himself. He was laughing. He then told me ' I want mommy to take my picture with her so she won ' t forget me. '' y+ ?8 t# Z9 Q
然後他拿出一張他自己非常漂亮的相片給我看。他笑著告訴我『我要媽媽帶著我的相片，這樣她就不會忘記我了。』9 g ^8 a1 L9 c4 {: t' E8 \3 r
$ X; j9 n% E* r- [7 C'I love my mommy and I wish she didn ' t have to leave me, but daddy says that she has to go to be with my little sister. '
: H t9 p. k# n# k* D# w5 X『我愛我的媽媽，我希望她不要離開我，但是爸爸說她必須去找我妹妹。』
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! h/ u1 V8 `: U$ u/ k/ yThen he looked again at the doll with sad eyes, very quietly.
/ S; H: ]1 H9 `1 J然後他安靜地用哀傷的眼睛再看著娃娃。; J$ c% L2 D+ }8 g$ u% D, W
" {, T z8 D- H; |I quickly reached for my wallet and said to the boy. ' Suppose we check again, just in case you do have enough money for the doll! ' ' l8 |$ \- m+ F- M( V8 O6 ?) E2 e
我趕緊摸著錢包對小男孩說『我們再檢查一下，說不定您有足夠的錢買玩偶! 』
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'OK ' he said, ' I hope I do have enough. ' I added some of my money to his without him seeing and we started to count it. There was enough for the doll and even some spare money.) b6 R1 }. a" d2 [
『好呀！』他說『我希望有足夠的錢』。沒讓他看見，我塞了一些錢到他的錢包中，我們開始數錢。買娃娃的錢足 了，甚之還有剩餘呢。
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( J+ d) `3 S) r, B" NThe little boy said: ' Thank you God for giving me enough money! '
. o- c \7 n/ {' I( h, C. j8 L! A' ]- e3 u小男孩說：『謝謝上帝給了我足 的錢!』
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Then he looked at me and added, ' I asked last night before I went to sleep for God to make sure I had enough money to buy this doll, so that mommy could give it to my sister. He heard me! ' '
3 U/ F: \) J6 [: k然而他看著我補充說『昨晚睡前，我要求上帝讓我的錢能足夠買這個娃娃，因此媽媽能將它帶給我妹妹。祂聽見我了! 』
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'I also wanted to have enough money to buy a white rose for my mommy, but I didn ' t dare to ask God for too much. But He gave me enough to buy the doll and a white rose. ' '2 s% G& k8 D% } a1 _
# ?# l6 d6 b) Q3 C' t1 f) n『我也想有足夠的錢買一朵白玫瑰給我媽媽，但我不敢要求上帝太多。但祂給的錢足 買娃娃和一朵白玫瑰了。』
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a6 D/ n7 F. t9 ^/ V0 Q'My mommy loves white roses. ') D$ p. l) L A# u$ w* @& K) W
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A few minutes later, the old lady returned and I left with my basket.0 }* l: E6 R2 \
幾分鐘後，老婦人回來了。我也就提了購物籃離開了。
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" H( s. R* E6 c0 W5 f1 g& S! CI finished my shopping in a totally different state of mind from when I started.
& j4 \! E( C l7 p/ w1 b我從一開始就在完全不同的心境下購物。( l9 ~, G1 ^" A
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I couldn ' t get the little boy out of my mind.3 D- i1 I4 |' Q0 W/ ?' B9 ?
小男孩一直無法離開我的心境。
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Then I remembered a local news paper article two days ago, which mentioned a drunk man in a truck, who hit a car occupied by a young
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, [8 i; P+ c: L3 o我想起兩天前當地報紙的一篇文章，提及一位醉酒卡車司機，撞上了一輛載著年輕少婦和一個小女孩的汽車。
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The little girl died right away, and the mother was left in a critical
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小女孩當場死亡，母親呈現彌留狀態。 這個家庭必須決定是否要拔出維持生命機器的插管# F- m# [! @2 H4 S. G2 D
，因為年輕少婦不可能從昏迷中恢復。" w/ c4 [% p4 ] i; W" |
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Was this the family of the little boy?7 v5 z3 i. R' y" z& v; R" O
他就是這家庭的小男孩？
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6 l7 g) {% o8 a- r* STwo days after this encounter with the little boy, I read in the news paper that the young woman had passed away.5 J0 P3 g# v3 S: \; C
碰到小男孩的二天之後，我看了報紙年輕少婦過世了。
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* K* S! b8 h8 e6 n; `I couldn ' t stop myself as I bought a bunch of white roses and I went to the funeral home where the body of the young woman was for people to see and make last wishes before her burial.8 b8 {. |. D5 Q( C* c
我不自主的買了一束白玫瑰，來到喪家，年輕少婦的遺體在她埋葬前讓人瞻仰與最後許願。/ W# m) Q4 ~; i6 R, L
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She was there, in her coffin, holding a beautiful white rose in her hand with the photo of the little boy and the doll placed over her chest.
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I left the place, teary-eyed, feeling that my life had been changed for ever.. The love that the little boy had for his mother and his sister is- c: P. |+ L3 @5 Z0 s" F2 ^0 o; Z9 g' M
still, to this day, hard to imagine.6 h8 M q9 k1 G% ?. A
我離開了這裡，眼淚奪眶而出，覺得我的人生已經永遠改變了。至今，小男孩對他母親和妹妹的愛，仍然難以想像。. X" [( b& B& M7 I5 D
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And in a fraction of a second, a drunk driver had taken all this away from him.
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